The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is a historic Carpenter Gothic church located on Main Street, in Brownsville, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It began as an Episcopal church, but later became a Methodist Episcopal church. In the 1940s, it became Emmanuel Lutheran Church. It had been vacant since 1963.[2] On June 2, 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal | |
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| Location | Main Street, Brownsville, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 43°41′40″N 91°16′37″W / 43.69444°N 91.27694°W |
| Built | 1869 |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000298[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1970 |
Current use
editThe church is not in use but is open by appointment only.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Smith, Thomas J. "The Little Brown Church in the Vale." WELS Historical Institute Journal 9 (1991) Nos. 1-2:13-22. [History of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Brownsville, MN, 1940s-1963, as listed in {http://luthhist.org/bibliography/1991.html Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine]
- ^ "Photo Gallery". Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
External links
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Media related to Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter at Wikimedia Commons- History of Brownsville photo
